Evening Edition: Are Campus Protests Displays Of Freedom Or Acts of Intimidation?
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It is fair to say the people of the United States take pride in their freedoms of speech and protest, laws that don't exist everywhere in the world. Those rights are on full display in the number of protests across American college campuses railing against support for Israel, but as these protests become increasingly dangerous, including a stabbing at a Yale protest and protesters at Columbia University heard shouting pro-terrorist group Hamas slogans, are they still a demonstration of free expression? Or acts of intimidation? FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with William Jacobson, Cornell Law Professor, who has seen protests on his campus and says this has been building in academia for decades. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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